PUBG may just have become part of the gambling problem

[RepentantSky]

Now, I am exhausted, but this video explains what's going on and why I also have problems with PUBG having loot boxes that need keys to be unlocked https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk4w7MrqbTU

I'm sorry but when you sell 30 million copies of a game, and are a company that's worth 4.6 billion US anyways, there's a limit to what you should get away with, and this is not okay.

[The Antagonist]

Much like CS:GO, it will and have those gambling sites. Yes, it is bad for those who have a gambling problem, minors getting involved, etc.

There is something "good" coming from this tho. The fools that buy them. I sold one of the new crates for 12$ on the market. That can get me a game or two. So gamble away. Free money is always good.

I know it's harsh but those people who have that addiction, they got themselves in that position. They are greedy. Why should I protect them? Why should I waste my time fighting for you to take those sites down or make the game creators remove the crates?

[RepentantSky]

Much like CS:GO, it will and have those gambling sites. Yes, it is bad for those who have a gambling problem, minors getting involved, etc.

There is something "good" coming from this tho. The fools that buy them. I sold one of the new crates for 12$ on the market. That can get me a game or two. So gamble away. Free money is always good.

I know it's harsh but those people who have that addiction, they got themselves in that position. They are greedy. Why should I protect them? Why should I waste my time fighting for you to take those sites down or make the game creators remove the crates?

Why? Because if we let the industry do whatever it wants, after all that happened with Battlefront II, government inference is an inevitably. If the ESA isn't held responsible to complete the duties they were created for, the government will do it instead, and once we give them a door to stick their foot in, they'll walk all the way through it and never leave.

[SERIOUSLY THOUGH*]

Much like CS:GO, it will and have those gambling sites. Yes, it is bad for those who have a gambling problem, minors getting involved, etc.

There is something "good" coming from this tho. The fools that buy them. I sold one of the new crates for 12$ on the market. That can get me a game or two. So gamble away. Free money is always good.

I know it's harsh but those people who have that addiction, they got themselves in that position. They are greedy. Why should I protect them? Why should I waste my time fighting for you to take those sites down or make the game creators remove the crates?

Why? Because if we let the industry do whatever it wants, after all that happened with Battlefront II, government inference is an inevitably. If the ESA isn't held responsible to complete the duties they were created for, the government will do it instead, and once we give them a door to stick their foot in, they'll walk all the way through it and never leave.

Good. Sometimes the private sector needs government intervention to reign in the madness.

[The Antagonist]

Why? Because if we let the industry do whatever it wants, after all that happened with Battlefront II, government inference is an inevitably. If the ESA isn't held responsible to complete the duties they were created for, the government will do it instead, and once we give them a door to stick their foot in, they'll walk all the way through it and never leave.

Well, Battlefront 2 is a totally different story. There they almost force you to spend money (and making nothing back) and PUBG doesn't (while maybe making something back. That's gambling).

I thought we were talking about that and not some pay to win scheme. It's not the same.

[RepentantSky]

Why? Because if we let the industry do whatever it wants, after all that happened with Battlefront II, government inference is an inevitably. If the ESA isn't held responsible to complete the duties they were created for, the government will do it instead, and once we give them a door to stick their foot in, they'll walk all the way through it and never leave.

Well, Battlefront 2 is a totally different story. There they almost force you to spend money (and making nothing back) and PUBG doesn't (while maybe making something back. That's gambling).

I thought we were talking about that and not some pay to win scheme. It's not the same.

The concern, and the point I'm making is that it could be become the same, and it's not worth the risk of ignoring it until it does. Also, games like PUBG tend to start focusing more loot boxes than the actual game running if they make enough money off of it and that will ruin the experience for players if it happens, so there's a few reasons to be concerned.

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Much like CS:GO, it will and have those gambling sites. Yes, it is bad for those who have a gambling problem, minors getting involved, etc.

There is something "good" coming from this tho. The fools that buy them. I sold one of the new crates for 12$ on the market. That can get me a game or two. So gamble away. Free money is always good.

I know it's harsh but those people who have that addiction, they got themselves in that position. They are greedy. Why should I protect them? Why should I waste my time fighting for you to take those sites down or make the game creators remove the crates?

Why? Because if we let the industry do whatever it wants, after all that happened with Battlefront II, government inference is an inevitably. If the ESA isn't held responsible to complete the duties they were created for, the government will do it instead, and once we give them a door to stick their foot in, they'll walk all the way through it and never leave.

Good. Sometimes the private sector needs government intervention to reign in the madness.

Sometimes, governments also cause the end of something because they push for their desires too hard or are given too much power over a thing they don't understand. It's risky at best if they have to get in involved, and potentially disastrous if they do.